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          Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Real Madrid finished second in La Liga in 2014/15. Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno / Getty Images

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          New Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez, left, poses for a picture with president Florentino Perez during his presentation at Santiago Bernabeu stadium on June 3, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)

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          The new coach of Real Madrid, Rafael Benitez poses for photographers before giving a news conference at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on June 3, 2015. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU

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